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Saturday, April 2, 2011
Peas Please Pasta
From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...It's time to bring the glorious blues and greens and yellows of spring to the kitchen. Meals are getting lighter, and salads and quick entrees are beginning to replace slow-cooking winter fare. Today's recipe is a response to spring, and it's lovely shades of green leave no doubt that winter has passed. This pasta is quick, easy and delicious and it makes a perfect meatless meal. Any macaroni can be used to make it, but I love the way the long strands of spaghetti looked when napped with this luscious sauce of cream and a flavored pea puree. While peas are not everyone's favorite vegetable, I hope you'll give this a try. I like it well enough to keep it in my permanent recipe rotation. If served when just sauced and piping hot, any aversion to peas will be forgotten and the pasta will be eaten with gusto. It is also a wonderful way to get vegetables into younger children, especially if you omit the whole pea and pine nut garnish. This dish is table ready in 30 minutes. It's best to make no more of this than can be eaten in a single meal because it can get goopy once it's refrigerated. Enough said. Here's the recipe.
Peas Please Pasta ...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite inspired by Michele Humes
12 ounces of spaghetti
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1/2 cup finely chopped sweet onion
1 teaspoon minced garlic
2-1/2 cups frozen peas, divided use
1 cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Pinch of nutmeg
1/4 cup toasted pine nuts
Optional: Finely grated Parmesan cheese to pass at table
1) Bring a large pot of salted water to a rolling boil. Cook spaghetti until tender but still firm to bite, using times suggested on package instructions.
2) Meanwhile, place oil and butter in a large skillet. When butter melts add onions and cook until translucent, about 5 minutes over medium heat. Add garlic and saute until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add 2 cups of frozen peas and cook until softened and bright green in color, about 2 minutes. Transfer contents of pan to a blender. Add cream, salt, pepper and nutmeg and puree until smooth.
3) Strain puree through a sieve back into skillet. Discard solids. Heat sauce to warm through.
4) Run reserved 1/2 cup peas under hot water to thaw. Drain pasta, reserving about 1 cup of water. Turn spaghetti into sauce and toss to coat each strand with puree. If too thick, add pasta water a tablespoon at a time until desired consistency is reached. Transfer to a serving platter and top with reserved peas and pine nuts. Pass cheese at table. Yield: 4 to 5 servings.
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62 comments :
- Tanna said...
We love peas; so this will be an automatic hit around here!! Blessings ~ Tanna
- April 1, 2011 at 10:49 PM
- carolyn bradford said...
Oh my word...I'm still trying to figure out our time difference...but ...I LOVE peas and I love pasta and this looks wonderful!! I'm so happy to be finally thinking of salads and lighter pasta meals now that Spring is here!! Which is why I posted my thing about watermelon radishes! Have you ever heard of them? I certainly had not until we went to the best restaurant here in B'ham and had a salad with watermelon radishes!! Can't wait for you to see the pics of how well they are growing....thats how very much I loved them!! Let me know if you've had them before!!! Can't wait to try this dish, Mary! You are such a dear and I always appreciate and look forward to what you have to say!!!!
- April 1, 2011 at 10:51 PM
- Elaine said...
I really love peas, so this looks like a perfect Spring meatless meal.
- April 1, 2011 at 10:57 PM
- Shirley said...
Love the greens in the pasta.
- April 1, 2011 at 11:05 PM
- Unknown said...
I would love to give this a try! It is Autumn here ~ but that won't stop me!
- April 1, 2011 at 11:10 PM
That green is very tantalizing! What a great color! And, I love peas and pasta. Yum!
- April 1, 2011 at 11:11 PM
- Gloria Baker said...
I love peas Mary and love this, have a lovely Sunday, huggs, gloria
- April 1, 2011 at 11:15 PM
- Unknown said...
Oh my lanta that looks so good! I cannot wait to try this out.
- April 1, 2011 at 11:21 PM
- Carol @ There's Always Thyme to Cook said...
Peas and pignoli nuts, love this combination! What a simple but delicious dish. Have a great weekend.
- April 1, 2011 at 11:54 PM
- GLENDA CHILDERS said...
I am liking the sounds of this . . . foods for spring.
- April 2, 2011 at 12:01 AM
- Ginny Hartzler said...
This looks like any child would eat it even if they don't like peas, pea spaghetti!!!
- April 2, 2011 at 12:06 AM
- Nammi said...
yumm, thats nice and simple pasta dish. and using just peas too :)
- April 2, 2011 at 12:47 AM
- Three-Cookies said...
This could suit St. Patrick's day - green plus peas are popular:)
- April 2, 2011 at 1:01 AM
- Banana Wonder said...
Love how you pesto-ed out these peas and how it can totally be veganized (for us fasting folks). Makes me excited to go to the Portland Farmers Marketing tomorrow!
- April 2, 2011 at 1:11 AM
- Julia @ DimpleArts said...
We just had bow tie pasta with peas tonight for dinner and it was delicious. Your pasta looks great!
- April 2, 2011 at 1:19 AM
- Mayet said...
Hello! Blog hopped from Wendy. Your site is very nice... and yummy! :) I guess I'll read a lot here from now on. :)
- April 2, 2011 at 1:26 AM
- Alessandra said...
This look great and the colour is just so pretty!
Thank you Mary
- April 2, 2011 at 2:21 AM
- cocoa and coconut said...
Loving this idea! Peas and pasta would be a great combination; I wonder why I've never tried it before? Good to hear it can be made quickly too.
- April 2, 2011 at 2:23 AM
- Martha said...
Looks yummy -- and although using frozen peas it does say spring, doesn't it!
- April 2, 2011 at 4:20 AM
- Gen said...
Nice color!!!
- April 2, 2011 at 4:27 AM
- Valerie Harrison (bellini) said...
I love peas and am especially looking forward to fresh Spring peas. Spring is late but it is here!!
- April 2, 2011 at 5:13 AM
Toasted pine nuts sound really yummy Mary, never thought about tossing them in with Pasta, what a great idea.
- April 2, 2011 at 5:14 AM
- Ana Rita Marreiros said...
A great pasta dish, to bad my kids don't like peas!!!
I do hope some day they will....
Have a nice weekend,
- April 2, 2011 at 5:16 AM
- Big Dude said...
I would have never come up with this, but it sounds very good. Looks like the perfect dish for pasta lovers to have for St. Patrick's day.
- April 2, 2011 at 5:38 AM
- Deb in Hawaii said...
Very pretty dish--peas and pasta is a great combination and of course the pine nuts are a great addition too.
- April 2, 2011 at 5:53 AM
- Jeannie said...
My favorite colour! looks healthy too and delicious too! I love peas:)
- April 2, 2011 at 5:54 AM
- Whats Cookin Italian Style Cuisine said...
Mary this is about the prettiest pasta I have ever seen!
- April 2, 2011 at 6:41 AM
- StephenC said...
We're great fans of peas. Always have them in the freezer. This recipe inspires me.
- April 2, 2011 at 7:58 AM
- mia maria said...
This definitely is a Spring dish:) I love the color!
- April 2, 2011 at 8:03 AM
- Schnitzel and the Trout said...
How much cream....did I miss it? Lovely dish for a pea lover like me.
- April 2, 2011 at 8:23 AM
- Mary Loyal said...
How much cream? Looks wonderful!!
- April 2, 2011 at 8:27 AM
- Vicki Wilde said...
This looks so bright and spring-like, I love it! And from your linkwithin, looks like you've got quite a few pea recipes! Yum
- April 2, 2011 at 8:33 AM
- Guvi said...
Dear Mary, your recipes look wonderful, you are a true inspiration! Thank you so much for the reference and I wish you a lovely weekend!
- April 2, 2011 at 9:03 AM
- Suman Singh said...
Wow, thats looks so green and refreshing..love it! Thanks for sharing the recipe..have a nice weekend! Take care!
- April 2, 2011 at 9:05 AM
- T.W. Barritt at Culinary Types said...
It was touch and go as to whether winter had truly passed here in the east, but I think we have finally turned the corner! I love peas in any dish - it's been a favorite of mine since childhood. This looks lovely, and I amazed at how you got those strands of spaghetti to curl so beautifully for the photo!
- April 2, 2011 at 9:15 AM
- penny aka jeroxie said...
I should pesto the peas for winter! great idea.
- April 2, 2011 at 9:34 AM
- June said...
I'm afraid "meatless" and "peas" are two things not allowed in our household as long as the Big Guy's boss (or I let him think he is) so I'll be trying this next time he's out of town. LOL
- April 2, 2011 at 9:54 AM
- Angie's Recipes said...
I am thinking to make some pasta for dinner too. Pasta with peas sounds great.
- April 2, 2011 at 10:00 AM
Your blog is amazing and the pictures are beautiful! Thanks for visiting me, I will be back here many many times to copy some of your recipes to my recipe book! XOXO, Debora
- April 2, 2011 at 11:10 AM
- Kath said...
I really do like peas, so this looks fabulous to me! I like the idea of using a tablespoon of butter with the olive oil. I've recently lost my fear of cream - part of my "all things in moderation" mantra. It can add so much to a recipe. Thanks for this one, Mary! I'm bookmarking it!
- April 2, 2011 at 11:38 AM
- Jessica | Cajunlicious said...
Mary, I am so glad you enjoyed my blog and recipes! I am going to have to try this pasta, I love peas! I am following your wonderful blog!
- April 2, 2011 at 11:40 AM
- Jenn @ Youknow...that Blog? said...
This is interesting! I'm not a fan of frozen peas, but the way you've done this I think I actually might like it... leave it to you to change my mind! Well done!
The trick though, would be getting the kids to eat it. ;)
Have a wonderful day!! (and sit up straight... haha)
- April 2, 2011 at 11:40 AM
- Joanne said...
Do you think if I eat enough of it, the weather will get the message and spring will finally come? Well there's only one way to find out!
- April 2, 2011 at 1:53 PM
- firstname.lastname@example.com said...
That dish is beautiful! It really screams Spring ... I love the inclusion of peas in this... great idea!
- April 2, 2011 at 2:17 PM
- Katrina (Betty Ray) said...
Can't ever get enough peas! Especially with onions and pasta. This looks delicious and springy. I bet it tastes wonderful.
- April 2, 2011 at 2:49 PM
- teresa said...
gorgeous, i just love the color. spring dishes are just the best, i love this pasta!
- April 2, 2011 at 3:51 PM
- Jocie's Mom said...
Two thumbs WAY up from the Peacoholic. This looks like a tasty way to bring in Spring :)
- April 2, 2011 at 4:09 PM
- Julie said...
Delicious and beautiful pasta! I can't wait to try this but I am going to see if I can lighten it up a bit without the cream. The blogging is going straight to my hips!
- April 2, 2011 at 5:00 PM
- Manu said...
Oh every moment is ok for pasta!! Have a nice w/end
- April 2, 2011 at 5:04 PM
- Linda Starr said...
must be that pinch of nutmeg, lovely sublime color.
- April 2, 2011 at 6:31 PM
- Clint said...
Wonderful! We eat lots of peas. Cindy is a pea freak, and she has converted me to a believer. This would be great.
- April 2, 2011 at 6:45 PM
- Wendy Irene said...
I love adding peas to pasta. My kids love the combination and main courses that include veggies are a huge bonus! Have a beautiful weekend!
- April 2, 2011 at 9:30 PM
- Miriam said...
I LOVE peas in pasta! This dish looks SO perfect! Well done :), Miriam@Meatless Meals For Meat Eaters
- April 2, 2011 at 9:32 PM
- Cooking Creation said...
Simply delicious! I love peas. Hope you're enjoying your weekend!
- April 2, 2011 at 9:57 PM
- scrambledhenfruit said...
Peas are up, and it won't be too much longer before they're bearing! Peas are one of my favorite spring veggies- this dish looks lovely!
- April 2, 2011 at 11:35 PM
- Monet said...
I never liked peas growing up...but in recent years, they've become my favorite Spring vegetable. Thank you for sharing with me tonight. After such a difficult week, it has been so refreshing to return to the blogs (and bloggers) that I love. I hope you have a blessed Sunday, sweet woman!
- April 3, 2011 at 12:02 AM
- Bizzy said...
Recently, I made a pasta with peas and we love it. Your recipe has some added ingredients and I would love to try it this way. Thanks for the inspiration.
- April 3, 2011 at 2:00 AM
- Susi's Kochen und Backen said...
I love anything made with peas and this pasta would indeed be lovely for the warm weather we've been experiencing. The addition of pine nuts sounds wonderful in this dish! I hope you are enjoying your weekend :o)
- April 3, 2011 at 12:11 PM
- That Girl said...
We're doing quick pasta tonight too!
- April 3, 2011 at 4:16 PM
- tigerfish said...
Spring Pasta! yeah!
- April 3, 2011 at 5:09 PM
- eleanor said...
Had this tonight. Super yummy! Will definitely make it again.
- April 6, 2011 at 7:19 PM
I read this recipe yesterday and cooked it the very same day- it was sooo delicious! Thank you for sharing! I will definitely cook it again and again and again.
Have a nice sunday,
- April 10, 2011 at 4:43 AM


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The "Universal Soldier" series has always been pretty lowbrow, and "Day of Reckoning," the latest entry, does nothing to reverse the trend. These are decidedly exploitation-style efforts, with surreal and absurd twists to boot. There's not even much continuity among any of them, including between "Reckoning" and the last entry, "Regeneration." Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Pro MMA Fighter Andrei Arlovsky, and others are featured as undead government operatives who can take punishment hundreds of times more than human soldiers can, and prove it endlessly in brutal hand-to-hand fights? And thanks to the aforementioned lack of continuity, they can return from the dead in each entry? It sounds like Direct-to-DVD heaven. But it's also more than just mindless trash.
Because there's something simmering below the scenes in the past couple entries of the series: sadness. Sure, it's obvious in the narrative: in this one, John (Scott Adkins) wakes up to see his wife and young daughter murdered, then sets off to murder Van Damme and the other bastards responsible. Meanwhile, an unstoppable soldier played by Arlovski hulks his way through whorehouses and strip clubs, taking out whatever fellow 'soldiers' he can find. But where the melancholic tone truly comes in is with Lundgren and Van Damme, their characters wiped of memory, fighting because they truly remember nothing more. It's the action movie equivalent of the zombies returning to the mall in "Dawn of the Dead." "The Expendables" lionizes action stars as being glorious warriors. "Reckoning" laments that fact that they clearly aren't.
And then there's director John Hyams, who's earned himself a reputation with these past two entries. Bathing scenes in disconcerting neon lights, tackling sequences with claustrophobic long takes, and composing everyone as the center of CinemaScope frames, he displays the type of 'insane genre craftsman' edge cinephiles like myself have been missing since the dawn of the grindhouse.
He also clearly lionizes David Lynch, imbuing the picture with dreamy tricks (the camera even "blinks", at one point), disturbingly disfigured baddies, and the overarching feel of a fever dream. Unfortunately, he hasn't reached the top shelf yet, and often steals images and plot points he can't succeed in making his own. The last third of the film is an extended riff on "Apocalypse Now," which is fine by me. But Hyams doesn't add anything: he simply borrows the indelible images, and works his action around them. He has good taste in who to steal from, but totally fails to take those references to somewhere new. The films he's ripping off had singular ideas and visions; his "Day" is just scattershot.
Still, his audacious turns are much appreciated in such a tired, predictable genre. Say what you will about "Day of Reckoning," but you don't see movies like this very often. The violence, particularly Arlovski's brutal fisticuffs (a fight scene with Hyams is the highlight,) comes fast and furious, and the melancholy tags along in equal force. Hyams gives you the fight scenes you paid for and many of them - an inventive throwdown in a sporting goods store, innumerable knife fights, even a battle between Adkins and Van Damme (doing his best Brando-as-Kurtz impression.) Yes, he borrows a sense of suburban surrealism from Lynch, long tracking shots from Kubrick, and an entire third act from Coppola. Clearly, he hasn't quite outgrown his influences yet. But look at the trash Hollywood passes off as action movies: "Alex Cross," "Red Dawn," even "Skyfall." They are as tired and predictable as they come. I'll take this furiously flawed actioner over that 'competition' any day.
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Long time no see..
I'll revive this nice project as a monthly review of tutorials published in the Tutorials & Tips section on ubuntuforums.
For May 2010, we'll highlight ibuclaw's "HowTO: Sudoers Configuration". Permissions on Linux are sometimes difficult to understand by new users and this guide is a very good way to start. The subject has already been covered extensively by many forums, blogs and wikis, why point out at this particular one?
Well, first because it's ibuclaw's, formerly known as tinivole (you will always be tinivole to me, no matter what ;)).
Second, it's built on user cases dedicated to walking new users through the sudoers file.
Third, it gets into some fine permissions and aliases, which make the sudoers file quite powerful.
Last but not least, even if the thread can be seen as a little old, tiniv.. ibuclaw will be happy to give you support.
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This article was originally published in the January/February 1993 issue of Home Energy Magazine. Some formatting inconsistencies may be evident in older archive content.
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Home Energy Magazine Online January/February 1993
Once the National Appliance Energy Conservation Act put minimum efficiency standards for refrigerators into effect in 1990, some utilities discontinued rebates, figuring the standards raised refrigerator efficiencies so high that paying for further improvements with rebates would not be cost-effective for conserving energy. A common scheme had been to offer higher rebates for progressively more efficient models, for instance $75 for beating the 1990 standard by 15%, $100 for exceeding the standard by 20%, and $150 for 25% beyond the 1990 standard. The tougher 1993 standard requires refrigerators to be nearly 30% more efficient than the 1990 standard.
To illustrate the market response to these standards and rebates, we compared rated electricity consumption to adjusted volume for top-freezer, automatic defrost refrigerators made by the five major manufacturers in mid-1992.1,2 These companies build over 95% of the refrigerators sold in the U.S., and the top-freezer, automatic defrost configuration is the most common type in the U.S., roughly 70% of all models sold. Similar models made by subsidiary brands of these big five makers were omitted.3
As of mid-1992, many models were clustered just beyond the common rebate qualification level--exceeding the 1990 standards by 10% and 20%. In addition, a few models met the 1993 efficiency standard (see Figure 1). (We found a similar pattern in an earlier analysis of models produced in late 1991, with many models meeting the 10% and 20% rebate levels, but no manufacturer meeting the 1993 standard at that time.)
Examining the data more closely, we selected models from the three largest manufacturers in the most popular 16-20 ft3 range. We found that manufacturers had built virtually the same refrigerator models, but with differing energy performances (represented as vertically aligned data points in Figure 2).
This data shows that manufacturers consistently aim for rebate qualification levels. This is particularly true for General Electric and Frigidaire whose models not only meet the 1993 standard, but also achieve a 30% improvement over the 1990 standard--the most ambitious rebate currently available.
Standards provide a uniform benchmark for financial incentives, and these incentives speed improvements beyond the minimum requirements. Although manufacturers would have made improvements after 1990 to meet 1993 standards anyway, rebates accelerate the introduction of more efficient models.
-- John Morrill
1. Adjusted volume = (refrigerator volume x 1.63) + freezer volume. AHAM determines the energy standard for each model according to its adjusted volume.
2.General Electric, Whirlpool, Frigidaire, Admiral, and Amana.
3. The source of this data is the semiannual Directory of Certified Refrigerators and Freezers (June 1992), compiled and published by the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers. These directories list volume, shelf area, and energy data submitted by manufacturers for models in production at each publication date.
John Morrill is a research associate at the American Council for An Energy Efficient Economy in Washington, D.C.
Figure 1. 1992 Refrigerator Efficiencies
Figure 2. Something for Everyone's Rebate Offer
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Routes Less Traveled
No chalk, no people, no waits: The 5 best Yosemite moderates off the beaten track.
This article appeared in Rock and Ice issue 183 (January 2010).
Yosemite National Park captured me at age 22. Within minutes of arriving at Camp 4, I was off jogging—literally running to the base of El Capitan. As I stood underneath the Zodiac, talking excitedly to two young men about to embark on a three-day journey, I knew the Captain was out of my reach since I maxed-out at 5.9 trad. But all around me were other walls, friendlier giants with lower angles and more consistent, well-protected cracks. With Higher Cathedral Spire right across the Merced River, the Brothers to the east, and the Manure Pile Buttress just around the corner, I didn't mind waiting for El Cap.
I compiled a list of all the perfect moderate classic routes I would do: The Regular Route (5.9) of Higher Cathedral, Snake Dike (5.7), the Central Pillar of Frenzy (5.9), and on and on. Unfortunately, crowds of climbers shared my dreams, and impeded my daily upward progress. The day I hiked up to Braille Book (5.8) with my 5.13-climbing German buddy, I practically wept as I watched two parties backlogged on pitch two and another party waiting below.
"Forget this shit!" I said, eyeing the guidebook impatiently. "Let's try The Sequel (5.8). It's just up the hill."
We waded through thick trees and vegetation to the other side of the Braille Book pillar. The gaping, dirty maw above elicited a grimace from my friend, but to me it was a glorious, totally people-free three-pitch adventure.
"Woo hoo!" I hollered repeatedly as I wedged myself into and up the sparsely protected chimney. I had found the answer to that age-old climbing question, "How the hell do you avoid the crowds on moderate classics?" Rather than depart at an obscenely early hour or climb quickly, which I couldn't do at the time, I delved into the world of less-traveled lines. Since then, I have checked out dozens of indistinct routes from California to Colorado. I've found stunning splitters and exciting faces, as well as some total choss piles. After doing the groundwork, I have come up with a list of excellent, mostly obscure moderates in Yosemite.
Don't expect 800 feet of splitter cracks. These lines include elements of the unknown, with wandering crack systems, daring runouts, and manky approach pitches. But they are moderate and they are fun, and while stacks of people wait in line below Serenity Crack (5.10d) and The Nutcracker (5.8), you will be cruising along at your chosen speed.
Super Slab/Slide (5.9)
Royal Arches Area
Little historical information about Super Slab/Slide exists, except for the fact that Gene Drake and Rex Spaith did the first free ascent sometime in 1971. The route lies just up and left of the Serenity Crack at the Royal Arches Area. Though oft-forgotten in conversation, Super Slab is likely well-traveled in reality, accepting the overflow from its famous neighbor. And, except for the first, chossy fifth-class pitch that leads to the base of the crack system (be sure to stay right on the pillar), it's a three-pitch splitter and well worth doing.
My partner on the route, the smiling Colorado strongwoman and Valley regular Heidi "Almighty" Wirtz, suggested Super Slab because daily thunderstorms required an easy approach and speedy climbing. A moderate route, Heidi claims, is "one on which you have to try a little bit and work a little bit, but you don't get pumped either mentally or physically." With just one section of straightforward 5.9 hand and finger crack, it fills the bill.
Four pitches. Park at the Ahwahnee parking lot and follow a worn trail to Serenity Crack at the Royal Arches Area. From there, head 100 feet up and left to the base of Super Slab. Climb the right side of Ahwahnee Buttress via fourth-class terrain and a short bit of 5.7 to a tree on a ledge. Belay at the tree. The excellent three pitches of Super Slab start out on the left side of the ledge. Pitch one follows a crack system up three short steep sections (5.7) to a two-bolt anchor. Pitch two continues up that crack system (5.8) to a three-bolt anchor. Pitch three continues up those cracks, ending with a perfect thin crack (5.9) before traversing left to a two-bolt belay just under a giant roof. Rap down the route, but rather than head back to the tree on the ledge, go straight down from the anchors at the first belay to a large tree directly below, from which you can reach the ground.
Commissioner Buttress (5.9)
Ranger Rock
Put up by the prolific Valley climbers Galen Rowell and Joe Faint in March 1969, this route on Ranger Rock lies about 500 feet to the right of the well-traveled After Six (5.7) on Manure Pile Buttress. Rowell, who died in 2002 in a plane crash, described Commissioner Buttress in a 1970 American Alpine Journal report as "exhilarating" and "almost entirely in jam-cracks and chimneys."
The energetic and charming Valley lifer Ivo Ninov agrees. "It's a super cool, full-on adventure climb that doesn't see much traffic," he says.
Commissioner is also short and truly moderate, which is a good thing because the first time I tried to climb it with Ivo and four other people, we didn't reach the base until well after 5 p.m. and were rained off after pitch one. I finally finished the route days later after begging and bribing the thoughtful, rock star Madaleine Sorkin to hike up there with me late one evening.
After spending the day working on the free version of the West Face (V 5.13a A0) of the Leaning Tower (which she did a few days later), her only comment had been, "The hike better be short, and you're leading."
Two to four pitches. Park at El Cap Picnic Area, and hike five minutes to Manure Pile Buttress. Veer right before the base of Manure Pile up through a shallow gully. When you see a big spire jutting out of the trees as you head up the gully , ascend the hill another 10 minutes through the forest to its base. Start in an easy chimney that leads up and right to the bottom of a short, wide overhanging fist crack (5.9) that veers left. Then follow a long series of flakes and cracks. End at the top of a pillar, at a natural belay. The second pitch, which Rowell called "exhilarating," traverses left into a gully, and then up to gorgeous twin cracks, by a tree and through an intimidating but easy roof. Top out on the buttress and make a belay. Either climb two easier pitches to the top of the formation and descend off the west side, or descend after pitch two by climbing up and over some blocks and then down a short gully to two rappels on the east side of the buttress.
Regular Route (5.9)
Higher Cathedral Spire
OK, admittedly there is nothing obscure about the Regular Route. Even the first ascentionists—Bestor Robinson, Jules Eichorn and Dick Leonard—fully scoped it before their ascent in April 1934, evaluating all existing photos of the wall with a microscope and protractor to determine that the average slope of the four faces was 81 degrees. An audience of five took photos and cheered from below as the Valley's first big-wall climbers traversed their way up the formation, utilizing two half-inch ropes, 13 carabiners and 55 pitons. Climbed without the use of aid 11 years later by Chuck Wilts and Spencer Austin, the route was also one of the earliest 5.9 free climbs in the Valley.
Still, it's a huge hike and a big adventure, and one of those nebulous 5.9s that, depending on which way you go, may seem more difficult. The first roof/bulge on pitch one, a variation done by Royal Robbins, borders on definitely harder than moderate. One of my partners, the cheerful sport-climbing diva Lauren Lee, upon reaching the top of that pitch, asked, "Do strong sport climbers ever end up just not leading cracks? That was so awkward!"
Four pitches. Approach via a climbers' trail at a road turnout 1.4 miles east of the junction of highways 41 and 140. Hike up between Higher Cathedral and Higher Cathedral Spire, and wind up and around the base to the left. Stop beneath the south face. This five-pitch route starts with a left-facing corner (5.5) that leads to the wide ledge "First Base." Build an anchor beneath Pitch 2, which starts at the far left end of the ledge. Follow a long crack through a bulge (5.9), or traverse left under a small roof for a more moderate 5.9 that leads to a steep bulge on good "bathtub" handholds. Climb past bolts, and belay at a tree above. Pitch three (5.9) goes up and left through a chimney to another tree anchor. As reported by Robinson in the Sierra Club Bulletin, this pitch is "excellent in its climbing possibilities, but dizzily overhanging hundreds of feet of empty space." Pitch four works up and left, following additional crack systems and ending up on a ledge, from which a superb flake leads to a juggy finish up the summit block. There are many variations to the top. Descend the route.
Absolutely Free Center (5.9)
Lower Brother
First put up by Mark Klemens, Sheldon Smith and Rick Sylvester, in August of 1970, Absolutely Free Center has "a little of everything, but mainly some very hard jam-cracks," as Sylvester wrote in a 1971 American Alpine Journal report.
According to my partner that day, the most judicious of Yosemite's dirtbags, Greg Loniewski, the route is "one of the most classic, infrequently done moderates in the Valley." With construction-scarred hands the size of most people's heads, Greg regularly free solos this stunning system of mostly wide cracks. His only warning: "The base of the route is difficult to find, requiring some serious munge-hummocking." In fact, the approach involves about 400 feet of fourth-class climbing over vegetated mounds of earth (hummocks) that adhere to rock like spit on glass.
In A Climber's Guide to Yosemite, Steve Roper described the Absolutely Free area in this way: "Seen from the West the Three Brothers are graceful and serene; seen from the east they present a chaotic mass of trees, ledges, and whitened and forbidding walls." It's this chaos that keeps the masses away, but nasty approach aside, this route is one of the finest, most well-protected lines in the Big Ditch.
Four pitches plus 400 feet of munge-hummocking. Park at a pullout just after the S-curve on the left side of the road .8 miles from Camp 4. Go around right from the toe of the Lower Brother to a right-facing dihedral, and scramble 400 feet of Class 4 and 5 terrain to a natural trough below a left-facing flake. From there, climb up to an alcove, through a cool chimney (5.7). Build an anchor. Pitch two, a 1.5-inch crack (5.9), and pitch three, a continuation of the same crack system, can easily be done together. Natural anchors are required. Pitch four follows a wide corner through an offwidth roof (that you can lieback) to the top of the Lower Brother, to another natural anchor. A bit tricky, the descent requires some potentially dangerous scrambling up various boulder problems to the base of the upper wall. Follow faint trails along the wall and down Michael's Ledge to the ground.
The Sequel (5.8)
Higher Cathedral
None of the Valley locals I spoke with had ever heard of or climbed The Sequel, and when I described it, I mostly got blank looks. "Why would you want to do something like that? No, thanks," Heidi said when I suggested it early in the trip. In order to get anyone to embark on the very long hike and to climb the route with me I had to lie.
"Let's do the ultra-classic Regular Route on Higher Cathedral," I suggested to my friend Lance Lemkau one morning. "We can finish before the storms hit if we move quickly enough."
Then I waffled and waited, and we didn't start hiking until late morning. Storms impending, I cheerily proposed another "really cool route just up the hill that we could do much faster." Tired and sweaty, Lance agreed, and before long I heard him cussing his way through the completely overgrown, steep, loose, dirt-covered, nearly non-existent trail. "People actually do this route?" he asked, staring up at it, eyebrows raised.
Established by Joe Faint and Chuck Pratt in October 1966, The Sequel follows one long, dark slash of a chimney up the far end of Higher Cathedral. There are a few loose blocks, including one fairly dangerous teetering chunk at the tail end of the third pitch, but 12 years after first doing it, more experienced and less intimidated by the other Valley giants, I returned for a follow-up ascent. I wanted a repeat of that exhilarating experience of wedging deep into Higher Cathedral, where I felt like I was uphill caving. After the sequel, so to speak, I still think it's one of the coolest routes I've ever done. And the same can be said for the rest of the moderates listed here.
Four pitches. Approach Higher Cathedral the same way you would approach Higher Cathedral Spire, but head right upon reaching the spire, up the talus for another 20 minutes. When you see the huge right-facing corner of The Braille Book, continue hiking uphill around the corner to the base of The Sequel. Pitches one and two follow a wide-open chimney that is full of handholds and stemming moves (5.7). Natural anchors are recommended, though some suspect webbing is tied around chockstones. Pitch three starts from a natural anchor at the bottom of a narrow squeeze chimney. The book rates this pitch 5.7, but it feels harder because gear and handholds are sparse. Build a natural anchor when you top out onto a big ledge. Pitch four (easy) traverses left up through a hold-covered face to the top of the formation. Descend by going up and left through manzanita and then down some slabs until you reach the gully. Drop onto a slope of giant boulders and talus until you eventually meet up with the approach trail.
Lizzy Scully lives, writes, and runs the nonprofit she co-founded, Girls Education International, from her small home in the foothills of Lyons, Colorado.
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The so-called 'goblin topplers' — David Hall and Glenn Taylor — were charged with third-degree felonies Friday for pushing over a rock formation in Utah's Goblin Valley State Park in October.
Taylor, who is accused of physically pushing over the rock formation, known as a hoodoo, was charged Friday with third-degree felony criminal mischief. Hall, accused of videotaping the incident, was charged with conspiracy criminal mischief, also a third-degree felony.
If convicted, the men could face up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $5,000.
According to court records, the men are accused of causing more than $1,500 but less than $5,000 in damage when they pushed over the ancient rock formation Oct. 11 — an incident they posted a video of on the Internet.
"We had to look at the value from an 'as if we are trying to construct it' standpoint. Clearly we can't reconstruct it, but it was the only way we had to put some value on it," said Utah State Parks Director Fred Hayes, who stated he was not aware of the final monetary value placed on the destroyed hoodoo. "Whether that was right or not, we don't know, but we had to come up with something."
Hayes pointed out that a bill addressing this kind of vandalism is scheduled to be discussed next week at the Utah Legislature.
Angry constituent calls started coming to Rep. Dixon Pitcher, R-Ogden, just days after Hall and Taylor posted their video. People wanted to know why the men weren't arrested and charged, Pitcher has said. So he called park authorities and was surprised to discover there is no law specifically addressing the men's actions.
Pitcher is now sponsoring a bill, which might make it easier to determine the value of natural features such as hoodoos.
HB68, Protection of State Park Resources, was written to prevent individuals from damaging, defacing, evacuating, altering, destroying or removing features, formations, sites or geological areas owned by the Utah Division of Parks and Recreation.
The bill also would provide a method of calculating the "value of a division resource."
The video, which has been viewed more than 4.6 million times, shows Taylor pushing over a rock formation to cheers of videographer Hall and other men in the area.
"We have a new modified Goblin Valley," Hall says into the camera as cheers are heard in the background. "A new Goblin Valley exists with this boulder down here on the bottom."
Taylor, 45, and Hall, 42, have insisted they toppled the rock formation out of concern that it would fall and hurt someone, with Hall pointing out that his uncle was killed by a falling boulder. The men, who were at the state park with the Boy Scouts of America, were later removed from their Scout leadership positions.
Neither man was available for comment Friday.
Their initial appearance in the case is scheduled for March 18.


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Hand-painted gnomes to stay on utility poles for now
Small paintings of gnomes that have popped up on utility poles have become a community sensation in Oakland, prompting Pacific Gas & Electric Co. to say Tuesday that it will keep them in place for now.
The hand-painted portraits on 6-inch blocks of wood began going up last year in an apparent effort to brighten up the blue-collar California city. There are currently more than 2,000 of the images on utility poles, with many screwed to the bases.
The gnomes have red hats, white beards and brown shoes. Some of the images contain a mushroom.
Word that PG&E planned to remove the paintings sparked an outpouring of support from residents who said the gnomes add character to the city.
PG&E spokesman Jason King planned to meet Tuesday with the artist, who requested to remain anonymous, and a member of the City Council. The utility hopes to eventually relocate the gnome paintings from the poles to other spots in the same neighborhoods.
"We've received a lot of feedback from residents who love the gnomes," King told The Associated Press. "We're looking for solutions. We'll keep them where people can enjoy them."
King said PG&E did not want to encourage such installations, explaining a proliferation of such images could cause damage or make it difficult for crews to access the poles.


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Bernanke urges Congress, Obama to avoid 'fiscal cliff'
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Tuesday urged Congress and the Obama administration to strike a budget deal to avert tax increases and spending cuts that could trigger a recession next year.
Without a deal, the measures known as the "fiscal cliff" will take effect in January.
Bernanke also said Congress must raise the federal debt limit to prevent the government from defaulting on Treasurys debt. Failure to do so would impose heavy costs on the economy, he said. Bernanke said Congress also needs to reduce the federal debt over the long run to ensure economic growth and stability.
Uncertainty about all these issues is likely holding back spending and investment and troubling investors, the Fed chairman said in a speech to the Economic Club of New York.
Resolving the fiscal crisis would prevent a sudden and severe shock to the economy, help reduce unemployment and strengthen growth, he said. That could make the new year "a very good one for the American economy," he said.
"A stronger economy will, in turn, reduce the deficit and contribute to achieving long-term fiscal sustainability," Bernanke told the group.
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"In the worst-case scenario where the economy goes off the broad fiscal cliff ... I don't think the Fed has the tools to offset that," Bernanke said.
Bernanke also said the severity of the Great Recession may have reduced the U.S. economy's potential growth rate. He didn't say by how much or how long slower-than-normal growth might persist.
Over the long run, the U.S. economy has grown an average of about 2.5 percent each year. Economists predict growth in the July-September quarter will be revised up to an annual rate of around 3 percent, above the government's initial 2 percent estimate. But they think the economy is slowing to an annual growth rate below 2 percent in the October-December quarter — too slow to make much of a dent in unemployment.
Bernanke said several factors have weighed on growth: Long-term unemployment has eroded many workers' skills and led some who have lost jobs to stop looking for one.
Companies have spent less on machinery, computers and other goods, reducing their production capacity. Stricter lending rules and uncertainty about the economy may have discouraged would-be entrepreneurs from starting more companies, the Fed chairman said.
Even assuming the economy's potential growth has declined, Bernanke said that unemployment, now at 7.9 percent, is abnormally high. He suggested, though, that the drags on economic growth should fade as the economy heals.
By the end of December, just as the fiscal cliff nears, the federal government is expected to hit its borrowing limit. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has said he will resort to the same maneuvers he used during the last debt standoff in 2011 to prevent the government from defaulting on its debt.
But these maneuvers would buy only a few weeks' time, until late February or early March, before the government would face the prospect of a first-ever debt default.
After the last debt standoff in the summer of 2011, Standard & Poor's downgraded the government's credit rating on long-term securities one notch from the highest level of AAA to AA+. It was the first ever downgrade of U.S. government debt.
After the presidential election, Fitch Ratings said Obama would need to quickly reach a budget agreement with Congress over the fiscal cliff or risk losing Fitch's AAA rating on U.S. debt.
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David Borden, a Marine, lost a leg after Iraq bombing and went on to Afghanistan.By Jeff Schuler, Of The Morning Call | 10:06 p.m. EST, January 17, 2013
His right foot had been blown off. Later, infection would force the amputation of his leg just above the knee.
His right femur was broken. His right forearm was broken, his left shattered. He had a collapsed lung, a ruptured bladder, and doctors also estimated that between 150 and 200 ball bearings had been embedded in his body.
"There wasn't a piece of his body except for maybe his left leg that wasn't messed up," David Borden Sr. said of the Jan. 19, 2008, suicide bomb attack in Ramadi, Iraq, that nearly took the life of his son, Marine Lt. David Borden, Kutztown University Class of 2003.
Yet shortly after coming out of a coma at Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, and as he faced countless surgeries and months of rehabilitation, Borden had just two thoughts: to get out of his bed and help motivate others at the facility in their recovery efforts, and to eventually return to active duty.
A lot more at the link.
Captain Borden returned to the Middle East in January of 2011, as a Marine company commander, and he wasn't just sitting behind a desk; he walked armed patrols outside of the gates as well.
He is being awarded the NCAA Inspiration Award because he played football at Kutztown University, but noted:
I'm not the only injured service member to return to active duty, and I'm not the only injured service member to lose a limb and return to active duty. A lot of people do this and don't get the publicity I've received because of my command billet and this award.
Captain Borden doesn't think that he is a "hero," saying:
The word 'hero' is for the men and women who give the ultimate sacrifice for their country.
A hero? I will leave that for others to decide. To me, it sounds like he's just a Marine.
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Editorial: Immigration economics
Both sides of the immigration debate wrap the issue in sentiment and oversimplification. Both talk about immigrants pursuing the American Dream, hungering for freedom and opportunity, embracing their new American identity. The only difference is that immigration advocates associate these sentiments with today's immigrants, while opponents reserve them for immigrants that arrived a century ago.
What the sentimental arguments and the legalistic arguments too often understate are the economic factors behind immigration. Most people's first loyalty is to their family, not to some idealized national identity. For centuries, people have come to America to make money. They have always sent some money to help family in the old country, and many immigrants have always dreamed of eventually returning home.
According to the Wall Street Journal, historians estimate that 30 percent of immigrants arriving between the Civil War and World War I returned to their country of origin. Italian immigrants in the early 20th century sent four out of every five dollars to family back home, one study found. There would be fewer Italian-American immigrants in MetroWest today, historians say, if World War I hadn't prevented thousands of homesick immigrants from returning to the old country.
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Statistics are hard to come by, though one - the number of Brazilians arrested along the Mexican border - shows a striking drop from more than 31,000 in 2005 to just 1,460 last year. But those close to the immigrant community say they are seeing fewer new immigrants from Brazil, and more headed home.
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meaning money sent home from America doesn't go nearly as far.
There are other factors in the immigrants' calculations. Stepped up border enforcement has raised the price of illegal immigration. Workplace raids have increased anxiety. The failure of comprehensive immigration reform in Congress has discouraged illegal immigrants who had hoped for a way to emerge from the shadows.
``I'm tired of living as a criminal,'' one illegal immigrant told a Daily News reporter. ``I cannot drive, I have to use false names, and I'm afraid of the police and immigration. I'm tired of living in fear and away from my family.''
The man is headed back to Brazil years earlier than he had planned, he said. ``To be far away from my family for so little money is not worth it.''
As with earlier waves of immigrants, many of the newcomers will stay and build lives here. Over time, they will enrich this country far more than the meager earnings of their first years enrich their countries of origin.
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Some (Interior) Situational Sources War – Part VI
Posted by The Situationist Staff on June 14, 2007
This series is devoted to highlighting some of the psychological tendencies that encourage individuals and groups to enter conflicts and wars that they later regret. Part I and Part II of the series included portions of an article co-authored by Daniel Kahneman and Jonathan Renshon, titled "Why Hawks Win." Part III reproduced an op-ed written by Situationist friend Dan Gilbert on July 24, 2006. The previous post, Part IV and Part V, in this series contained the two halves of an essay written by Situationist Contributor, Jon Hanson within the week following 9/11. This Part contains an op-ed written by Situationist Contributor John Jost on October 1, 2001, "Legitimate Responses to Illegitimate Acts." It highlights many of the same themes that have been noted by other posts in this series, but gives special emphasis to the role of system justification.
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My research suggests that when a system is threatened, proponents of that system tend to respond defensively, almost instinctively, to bolster support for the central tenets of the system. In part, this is what has happened in the case of last week's terrorist attacks: some Islamic fundamentalists are fighting a holy war against the U.S. allegedly to defend the existence and purity of their system against what they perceive to be our military, economic, and cultural imperialism. Of course, this does not justify the attacks (nothing could), though it may help to explain it.
Opinion polls suggest that most Americans will accept uncritically whatever the government does next. Perhaps this is also a defensive reaction to our system being attacked so viciously, in both symbolic and material terms. But we must avoid the trap of allowing our pain and fear to have the final word in handling this crisis. Why? Certainly the desire for revenge is understandable. I think that there are two main reasons why we need critical analysis, perhaps now more than ever.
First, good decision-making requires the capacity to scrutinize possibilities, evaluate consequences, and identify potential problems and shortcomings associated with specific courses of action. In short, there is a general need to examine the evidence in a manner that is as unbiased as possible. This requires the consideration of diverse perspectives, which is one reason why the success of our response depends upon careful consultation with, among others, leaders in Pakistan, India, China, Russia, Iran, Egypt, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, and Syria. History suggests that unquestioning conformity of opinion can lead to disastrous decision-making outcomes. In this case, any wrong move virtually guarantees that terrorism will become part of daily life in the U.S. Or worse.
The second reason, which is even more crucial, pertains to issues of influence and legitimacy, which are intertwined. The broader and more diverse our base of international allies is, the more legitimacy we will have to "root out" terrorism. Our long-term legitimacy is especially dependent upon the support of Arab nations and moderate Islamic groups that are willing to denounce terrorism. Bush has been widely criticized, especially in Europe, for having spurned international cooperation in environmental and arms limitation treaties. Now that he is the de facto leader of the worldwide response to terrorism, he must establish and maintain complex, international coalitions, and he must win cooperation and consent from a wide variety of diverse constituencies. His ability to influence our potential allies is directly tied to the legitimacy of his requests and the reasons behind them. Many, including opinion leaders in Afghanistan and China, are calling for evidence directly implicating Osama bin Laden in the attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center. Regardless of the reasons for this request, it is a legitimate one.
If we wish to distinguish clearly between the motives for the terrorists' actions and the motives for ours, and if we wish to convince ourselves and others that our foreign policy is based more on reason than on rationalization, then our collective response — whatever it is — must involve careful analysis and searching debate rather than a swift confirmation of our Godliness and the righteousness of our wrath. Even if some debates are necessarily held in private, it is essential to the democratic process and to maintaining the trust of internal and external constituencies that the administration offers proof that a wide range of opinions are being fairly and thoroughly considered.
Although there has been no formal declaration of war, the Bush administration has framed these attacks from the start as "acts of war" rather than "crimes against humanity." Framing the crisis in terms of "America's New War" (as CNN is marketing it) is highly consequential because it implicitly delineates categories of legitimate and illegitimate action. In war, it may be unfortunate, but it is both legitimate and inevitable that innocent civilians will be killed. In the policing of crime, of course, it is far from legitimate to kill innocent bystanders in the process of apprehending a criminal. At the moment, Great Britain and other key European allies have accepted the "war frame," but the consensus on this could unravel, and some of the U.S. actions could lose their legitimacy in the context of other frames.
In polarized conflicts such as this one, legitimacy is generally a zero-sum, distributive resource. Thus, the legitimation of one system implies the delegitimation of its opposite, and the delegitimation of one system similarly implies the legitimation of its opposite. Right now, the U.S. enjoys vast legitimacy on the world stage only because its adversaries have acted illegitimately. We must be extremely careful to insure that our actions are well-conceived, based on reason and evidence, fair and proportionate, and consensually endorsed by most of the international community, or we will not only lose our credibility, we will be helping our enemies in the struggle for legitimacy. If we are perceived (now or in the future) as indiscriminately killing innocent Arabs, then we will have delegitimized our cause, squandered our influence, and — worst of all — legitimized future generations of terrorists.
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Whew, what a movie! Even for a crime thriller, the pace of this movie leaves you breathless. Simultaneous action. Three major characters – Billy Costigan, the undercover cop (Leonardo DiCaprio), Colin Sullivan, the gangster's mole in the police force (Matt Damon) and the dreaded, blood-thirsty gangster Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson) – all thrown in your face at once.
Directed by the celebrated Martin Scorsese, The Departed is apparently a remake of a 2002 Hong Kong crime thriller. Expectedly, in keeping with the director's penchant for making violent movies, this one is packed to the hilt with not only gory, bloody scenes, but so much profanity (even a Hindi gaali!) that after an hour or so of this one just stops getting shocked. And we in India are supposedly lucky. There's evidence of the censor's scissor, specially where the sex scenes are concerned. Is that why the movie seems to just tear ahead at an almost unbearable clip?
The story itself is fascinating. Colin, a brilliant and ambitious youngster with childhood links to the dreaded gangster Costello, gets into the police force and becomes their blue-eyed boy. On the other side there is Billy, a vulnerable middle-class kid (whose uncle was a hood) who is average in studies and who flunks the police academy. He's down, but not out. He's offered a dangerous undercover assignment – to worm himself into the confidence of the gangster Costello. Billy does it with panache, playing the role of a violent, disgruntled kid who has nothing to lose. With growing excitement, the viewer realises that Colin and Billy are set to clash – why, they even like the same woman – a police psychiatrist, Madelyn (Vera Farminga)!
Suspense keeps you on the edge of your seat. Each twist and turn in the story makes you wonder: Will the ruthless Colin get exposed as the gangster's mole? Or will the sweet Billy be murdered by the crazy Costello if he finds out that he is a cop? It's just lucky for Billy that Queenan (Martin Sheen) and Dignam ( Mark Wahlberg) try hard to keep the identity of their spy close to their chests. As for Costello, as the movie progresses, he is seen to be losing his mental balance. A man who had always thought nothing of killing, he actually starts to enjoy it…and it sends a chill down our Billy's spine.
The second half has Colin trying desperately to please his childhood mentor Costello by attempting to find the identity of the undercover cop. Billy is even more desperate to find who Costello's mole in the police force is – because he knows that he has to expose the mole – if he himself has to stay safe.
All the actors did good. Matt Damon was convincing as the desperately ambitious guy who wants to keep it all – the promotions as well as his precarious father-son relationship with Costello. DiCaprio, who plays a character who has an intriguing mix of sensitiveness, decrepitude, and a desire to better himself, did amazingly well. As for Jack Nicholson, well, he was predictable…typically Jack Nicholson. Slow-talking and theatrical (remember Batman?). Vera, who plays a mental health professional torn between two men, acted very well.
In this movie some well-known actors have been taken for minor roles. However, the roles are very distinct. Sheen for example has a lot of screen time, and plays a kind, fatherly, but very savvy cop. However, it's his second-in-command Wahlberg, who plays a foul mouthed and even cruel character, who leaves the strong impression.
This movie has surprises in store at every turn, and certainly some at the end. If one has to sum it up – it's fast, it's slick (and sick!) and it's scary. It may not be a crime classic, but it's certainly one of the best crime movies I have ever seen. Not a movie to miss, but if you are faint-hearted, well…forget it.
Abhi permalinkJanuary 11, 2007 4:54 am
"On the other side there is Billy, a vulnerable middle-class kid (whose uncle was a hood) who is average in studies and who flunks the police academy."
Billy wasn't a middle class kid. But his family and relatives were full of criminals. He was good in academics also he didn't flunk the academy but they showed him so that he can work as undercover cop.
May 4, 2010 4:50 pm
Definitely one of the best flicks i ever saw in recent times..Caprio has again and again proved himself to be an actor of infinite class..I wish he wins a long deserved oscar..His best movie was Aviator though..
September 2, 2014 1:47 am
Scorcese is at his best and truly deserves Oscar for this film. Also notable are the performances of Matt Damon (such a great "bad-guy;" he really must do stuff like this more often), Leo DiCaprio, Jack Nicholson (as always), and Mark Wahlberg (best since Rockstar). However, some in the theater with me who had seen Infernal Affairs did say that Departed did not live up to the original.